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Victoria Collins vs Sir Oliver Dowden

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.


Voting alignment

Victoria Collins and Sir Oliver Dowden voted the same way 84% of the time, based on 256 shared comparable votes.

214 same votes 42 different votes 256 shared votes

Alignment only includes divisions where both MPs recorded an Aye or No vote. Tellers, absences, abstentions, and missing votes are excluded.

Topic alignment

Closest by topic
24 Aye 43 No
Tax 100% aligned 67 shared votes
24 Aye 43 No
3 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
12 Aye 16 No
Education 96% aligned 28 shared votes
11 Aye 17 No
4 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 95% aligned 22 shared votes
5 Aye 17 No
4 Aye 12 No
Devolution / Local Government 94% aligned 16 shared votes
5 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
6 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 13% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No
6 Aye 4 No
Benefits 50% aligned 10 shared votes
5 Aye 5 No
4 Aye 0 No
Environment / Climate 50% aligned 4 shared votes
2 Aye 2 No
4 Aye 1 No
Energy 60% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
9 Aye 14 No
Housing 70% aligned 23 shared votes
6 Aye 17 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

67.1%
5% below average
Rank 473 of 650
Participation
70.6%
2% below average
Rank 408 of 650
405
604 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,687
2,390 eligible divisions
218
53.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
786
46.6% of votes cast
187
46.2% of votes cast
No votes
901
53.4% of votes cast
2
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
12
0.7% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

97
+10.1 vs Commons average
Rank 197 of 650
Appearances
61
-25.9 vs Commons average
Rank 390 of 650
117
-34.4 vs Commons average
Rank 304 of 650
Contributions
67
-84.4 vs Commons average
Rank 465 of 650

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£204,083
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,614,938
all imported IPSA years
£204,083
10% below average
Latest expenses
£226,269
same as average
9
6 registered categories
Registered interests
17
4 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
matched sponsored bills

Expenses use IPSA totals for financial year 2024-25. Sponsored bill counts depend on currently imported bill sponsor metadata.

Most active voting topics

Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
197 of 211 votes
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
64 of 70 votes
Housing
27 of 32 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
44 of 49 votes
Education
41 of 50 votes
#4
Transport
77 of 95 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 5 votes
#5
Trade
72 of 94 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API